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TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. VAN - NIGHT 1
CHRIS drives, eyes fixed on the road. DANYAEL rides
shotgun, checking and cleaning a shotgun.
In the rear, TWIST, VIVIAN and LYRA all sit together, the
two vampires covering more weapons and supply checks.
Lyra looks around, absorbing the quiet, busy sounds the
others are making as they work.
LYRA
Isn't anybody going to say
anything?
A beat. Looks are exchanged.
VIVIAN
Such as?
TWIST
You know how this works, Lyra.
This isn't your first rodeo.
LYRA
I was at Parker's base for almost
a week, and none of you have
really asked me anything about
what I was doing there.
DANYAEL
We'll talk about it when all this
is done.
TWIST
Yeah, I mean you've given us the
main points, right? Parker's
defences are down right now
thanks to your breakout, so with
Conall finally out of the way
this is the ideal time to strike.
VIVIAN
As to why you stayed there so
long...
She glances towards Chris, who still hasn't spoken.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
... well, that's not for our
ears, really.
TWIST
You came back, that's what
matters.
Lyra frowns, not satisfied - but Chris finally breaks the
silence:
CHRIS
We're here.
Twist and Vivian swap looks and then crowd towards the
front, looking out towards:
2 EXT. FACILITY - NEXT 2
The van rolls to a stop at the top of a long, winding road
that ploughs down into:
A huge COMPLEX, full of buildings of various shapes and
sizes. A tall FENCE runs round the perimeter, with guard
stations at each corner.
3 INT. VAN - NEXT 3
Chris frowns, studying the view.
DANYAEL
Not exactly subtle.
TWIST
Yeah, but bonus points for shiny.
VIVIAN
(to Danyael)
You're absolutely sure you can't
get any more support from the
rebels with this?
DANYAEL
(shakes head)
All the camps in range are either
recovering from Parker's attacks
or busy with their own messes.
VIVIAN
So we're on our own.
TWIST
Which is the way we've come to
expect it.
LYRA
Chris?
She reaches forward, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Without looking away, he reaches back and takes her hand.
CHRIS
Something's wrong.
LYRA
What is it?
CHRIS
There's no power. Look.
He points - there isn't a single light on anywhere.
VIVIAN
Those guard towers are empty too.
DANYAEL
What do you think it means?
LYRA
I did cause a fair amount of
damage when I left. Perhaps they
haven't had time to repair yet?
CHRIS
So where are the people who
should be repairing any of this?
The others exchange concerned glances. Chris puts the van
into gear and starts rolling forward.
CHRIS (cont'd)
We need to be extra careful.
Knowing what kinds of things
Parker has lurking in his labs,
we may be about to run into
something new.
TWIST
Yeah, but whatever slithers up
out of the ground, we can handle
it, right?
She looks round - but doesn't get much encouragement back.
TWIST (cont'd)
(smile fading)
Right?
And as Chris drives on, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
4 INT. FACILITY - FOYER - NIGHT 4
Inside a wide, tall room that serves as a reception area -
corporate logos, a main desk and lifts in either wall.
The double doors at the far end are pushed open, swinging
freely as the team cautiously step inside.
CHRIS
Not even locked.
TWIST
Okay, starting to get a bit of a
chill going on here...
Lyra's breath MISTS in the air.
LYRA
That's because it's cold.
TWIT
I meant as in 'Twist is scared.'
CHRIS
No, she's right. It's freezing.
He points - glistening shards of ICE are snaking their way
up the walls.
Chris motions for the team to spread out, pacing carefully
onward. Chris and Vivian head for the reception desk.
The desk is unmanned, with banks of monitors flickering
intermittently.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Can you get anything working?
Camera loops, schematics?
Vivian takes a seat, depositing her large shoulder bag down
beside her.
VIVIAN
Give me a second.
Chris calls over to Twist and Danyael:
CHRIS
Check all the elevators and
exits, see which ways we can go
from here.
The two vamps head off as Lyra approaches the desk.
LYRA
Chris, can I... can we talk?
CHRIS
In a moment.
LYRA
I'd rather say this now. If
that's okay.
Chris glances at Vivian, who nods.
VIVIAN
Go. I got this.
Chris moves over to join Lyra, who SHIVERS a little.
CHRIS
What's wrong?
LYRA
Something happened back at the
base, and I...
He places his hands on her arms, pulling her close.
CHRIS
Tell me.
LYRA
Shona, she... she's dead.
Chris exhales, embracing her.
CHRIS
I'm so sorry. How did it happen?
LYRA
We were trying to escape, after
we heard Parker talking to Conall
and planning the final raid,
and... we were cut off, soldiers
were coming for us, I tried to
keep them back, but I...
There are TEARS in her eyes. Chris wipes her cheeks dry.
CHRIS
Lyra, we both know you did
everything you could.
LYRA
If only I'd been stronger, I'd
have been able to save her... we
could have...
Chris releases her, stepping back.
CHRIS
No. You can't think like that.
You have to believe that you did
what you could, and that's all
there is.
LYRA
Do you want to know what's been
the strangest thing?
(beat)
I'm not even sure how I'm
supposed to feel. I mean, I'm
upset, and... and I want to be
devastated, but...
She SIGHS, running a hand through her hair. Chris glances
back at Vivian - still busy.
LYRA (cont'd)
I barely knew here. She helped me
remember so much, told me who I
am, where I came from, how I
became... this.
CHRIS
But you still didn't know her
well enough.
LYRA
(shakes head)
Does that... am I a bad person?
Chris pulls her close, lifts her head and tenderly KISSES
her.
CHRIS
Compared to everything we've been
through and all the evil people
we've fought, no, I don't think
that makes you bad at all.
She manages a smile - just as Vivian calls out:
VIVIAN
I got something.
Chris and Lyra head over.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Whatever's knocked out the power
wasn't anything electrical, if
you get me. Something's literally
draining the base dry.
CHRIS
Where is it coming from?
VIVIAN
About a hundred feet below us.
LYRA
Another underground complex?
VIVIAN
You don't know the half of it...
She taps at one of the keyboards, bringing up a 3-D
schematic of the base:
ON SCREEN, and the outline of the above ground facility is
linked through several vertical tunnels down into a much
larger complex below.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
There's a whole city down there.
I mean, it makes sense - this is
Parker's main base, and from what
I know about it it's one of the
ones that produces the most stuff
for him, but still...
She examines the details on screen as Twist and Danyael
rejoin them.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
... I had no idea it was this
big.
CHRIS
(to Twist)
What did you find?
TWIST
Elevators are all out. There's a
bunch of staircases going up and
down, but most of 'em have been
blocked off by rubble.
DANYAEL
(to Lyra)
Are you sure you did all of this?
LYRA
I only came out through one side
of the base. There shouldn't be
damage beyond that.
CHRIS
Which means something else took a
hand to the base after you were
done.
Vivian frowns at the screen, rattling at the keyboard.
VIVIAN
Wait, wait... here's something.
She taps on the screen - one room flashes RED.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Somebody tripped a silent alarm
down in one of the upper sub
levels.
TWIST
'Upper sub-levels'? That doesn't
sound right...
CHRIS
Which means there may be
survivors. Somebody who can tell
us what's going on.
TWIST
Or, it's a trap.
VIVIAN
If it was a trap, don't you think
they went to a bit too much
effort to suck us in?
TWIST
(shrugs)
I didn't say it was a good one.
CHRIS
Let's go.
The team head away from the desk, Twist pointing towards a
door marked 'Stairs' as we CUT TO:
5 INT. FACILITY - CORRIDOR - NEXT 5
The team step off a staircase into a long, dimly-lit
corridor. Flickering strip lighting BUZZES overhead.
The team pace onwards, weapons drawn and ready. Distant,
muffled CLANKING from unseen machinery echoes all around.
DANYAEL
You think somebody left the air
conditioning on?
Twist runs a hand along one frost-covered wall, retracting
her hand with a wince.
TWIST
Yeah, for the last seventy years.
They approach a larger chamber:
6 INT. FACILITY - SUB-LEVEL ACCESS - CONTINUED 6
A large freight elevator stands in the middle of the room,
smaller personal lifts around the walls.
VIVIAN
I'll see if I can get this
working.
She heads for the elevator's control panel.
DANYAEL
Guys. Look.
He points, they follow - and see several large SECURITY
DOORS have gotten stuck halfway down.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Looks like they tried to lock the
base down.
TWIST
To stop whatever's down there
from getting back up, right?
CHRIS
Perhaps.
TWIST
And just to reiterate, but down
there is exactly where we're now
heading, am I right?
CHRIS
Twist, what's your point?
TWIST
No point. Just making sure we're
all aware of the irony here.
There's a loud CLUNK from the elevator.
VIVIAN
Hang on...
Vivian is fiddling with cables and fuse wires - CURSING as
she gets a shock off one.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
Alright, try that.
Danyael hits the power button on the main control panel -
and the system LIGHTS UP.
DANYAEL
We're on.
VIVIAN
I managed to divert enough power
from other background systems to
get this thing running.
TWIST
Does it have enough juice to get
us back up?
VIVIAN
Guess we'll find out, won't we?
The team assemble on the lift, Danyael at the controls.
DANYAEL
Going down. Bottom floor, certain
death.
He hits the 'Down' button, and with a series of GRINDING
noises, the elevator slowly starts to descend:
7 INT. FACILITY - SUB-LEVEL - NEXT 7
The elevator lowers into view at the far end of a wide,
dark corridor, stopping with a loud THUMP.
VIVIAN
This is it.
They step off the lift, Danyael almost SLIPPING on the icy
floor.
DANYAEL
Knew I should've worn my New
Rocks today...
They advance slowly, checking doors as they pass - most
swing open, revealing more LABS and STATIONS beyond.
VIVIAN
Wait a second...
Vivian ducks into one room - emerging a moment later with a
flat device like a laptop screen.
She fiddles with it, getting the device to boot up. Its
soft blue glow brightens the corridor a little.
TWIST
Whatcha got?
VIVIAN
Mobile terminal. Should be able
to get wireless access for most
of the facility's systems from
this.
She taps on buttons - calling up a MAP of the complex. She
taps more commands in to highlight the flashing red room.
VIVIAN (cont'd)
(points)
This way.
The team advance, keeping close formation:
8 INT. SUB-LEVEL - LABORATORY - NEXT 8
Twist, Chris and Lyra step into a larger room stuffed full
of lab equipment, monitors and other machinery - much of it
still whirring and making noise.
TWIST
Alright, where is everyone?
Lyra runs a hand across several surfaces, head to one side.
LYRA
They were here. Recently. Plenty
of vibrations still.
CHRIS
Can you pick up which way they
went?
LYRA
They ran. In a hurry.
Something... they were afraid.
Very afraid.
TWIST
(child-like)
They're he-ere...
Chris shoots her a withering look. She rolls her eyes.
TWIST (cont'd)
Oh, stop it.
DANYAEL (O.S.)
Guys? You'd better come take a
look at this...
The trio exit the room:
9 INT. SUB-LEVEL - CANTEEN - NEXT 9
And rejoin Danyael and Vivian inside a spacious dining
area.
CHRIS
What is it? Did you find...
He trails off, as surprised as the others at what they see:
BODIES. Dozens of them, sprawled out sickeningly across the
room. Some in pieces. Some in several pieces.
BLOOD is sprayed up the walls, the floor awash with
viscera, spilled food and more mess. Nothing moves.
TWIST
Oh, God...
LYRA
(sways dizzily)
I feel sick... my head...
She ducks to one side and VOMITS noisily.
DANYAEL
Who the hell did this? Escaped
lab experiments?
VIVIAN
Something took all these people
out before they even had chance
to react.
(points all around)
No gunshots, explosives, nothing.
No fight back. They didn't even
have time.
CHRIS
We need to keep moving.
He goes to Lyra, who wipes her mouth as she straightens.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Are you alright?
LYRA
I'm fine, I'm fine... I'm just...
there's just so much death here,
I... I couldn't...
CHRIS
It's alright.
He leads her back outside, the others following:
10 INT. SUB-LEVEL - OFFICE SUITE - NEXT 10
But within a cubicle farm administration area, it's the
same story all over again:
BODIES strewn across every surface. Cubicle walls knocked
down in the struggle. ICE and frost over everything.
With grim expressions, the team move on:
11 INT. SUB-LEVEL - BOARD ROOM - NEXT 11
Only to find that rank and position made no difference to
the slaughter. Within a plush executive board room, the
scene is the same.
This time, however, the bodies of several NEO-SOLDIERS are
among the dead, Vivian turning one over.
TWIST
What took him out?
VIVIAN
Can't say. Looks like he was...
burned, or something.
The soldiers's skin is blackened and charred - but his
clothing is undamaged.
CHRIS
How much further to this alarm
signal?
VIVIAN
Not far. Few hundred metres.
CHRIS
Then let's keep moving. We need
to find someone who can tell us
what we're up against here.
The team exit the room:
12 INT. SUB-LEVEL - LABORATORY - NEXT 12
And Danyael pushes open the door to another laboratory,
SHOTGUN raised and flashlight strapped to its barrel.
He motions for the others to follow, fanning out and
flanking him.
Vivian checks the terminal, then points to the far side of
the room.
The team move in, checking every corner and piece of cover
they pass. No bodies this time.
TWIST
Maybe it was just a -
GUNFIRE booms as somebody starts shooting!
The team dive for cover as BULLETS rattle past them, with
monitors and equipment EXPLODING in the volley.
The gunfire stops - frantic, ragged BREATHING can be heard,
along with several CLICKS.
Chris mouths 'reloading' to Vivian, who nods, placing the
terminal down and readying a HANDGUN.
Chris counts down from three - and the duo LEAP over one of
the long islands stretching across the lab!
They get a brief glimpse of a young TECHNICIAN fumbling
with a machine gun before Chris TACKLES him to the floor.
TECHNICIAN
Get off me! Get off me!
He struggles, but Chris calmly disarms him and pins him
down.
CHRIS
It's alright, it's alright. We're
not here to hurt you.
Breathing fast, the technician looks from face to face as
Twist and the others move closer.
TECHNICIAN
Oh, God... you're them!
TWIST
Them is us. It's true.
TECHNICIAN
You're the primary targets...
you're the ones we're supposed to
stop!
He struggles again. Chris coolly BOUNCES the man's head
against the floor to stop him.
CHRIS
Now, I only have a finite amount
of patience for this kind of
thing, and after all the trouble
we went to in finding you it'd be
rather rude to keep lumping us in
with the enemy, so...
And Chris lets go. He steps back and stands, leaving the
shaken technician on the ground.
CHRIS (cont'd)
Do you feel like co-operating?
Rubbing his head, the technician slowly rises, eyes
flicking from person to person.
TECHNICIAN
That... that depends. Are you
gonna be able to do anything
about... them?
TWIST
(confused; to Danyael)
I thought we were 'them'?
DANYAEL
He must mean the other 'them.'
VIVIAN
Look...
(reads nametag)
... Edgar, there's two ways this
goes down. You tell us what's
going on, or we kick the crap out
of you some more and then you
tell us what's going on.
She spreads her hands - what's it going to be? EDGAR
hesitates, still not sure how to react:
When a hideous, inhuman SCREECH sounds from outside the
lab! Edgar blanches, backing away from the doors and
BUMPING past the others.
EDGAR
Oh, God... oh, God...
CHRIS
What? What is it?
More SCREECHING - which soon expands into a CHORUS of
noises, as several new voices join the first!
EDGAR
(shaking)
Them...
And as the others look to the doors, raising weapons:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
13 INT. SUB-LEVEL - LABORATORY - NIGHT 13
The team close up as the SCREECHING, WAILING sounds from
outside draw nearer.
DANYAEL
Plan?
TWIST
Hit everything. Several times, if
necessary.
CRASH! A louder, deeper GROWL rings out. Right outside.
TWIST (cont'd)
You know what? I'm just gonna
stop saying words now.
Chris glances round - Edgar is cowering behind one of the
desks, his gun lying forgotten nearby.
CHRIS
Alright, everyone, whatever these
things are, let's not forget that
we're all -
BANG! The doors fly open - and a horde of monstrous,
deformed MUTANTS spill into the lab!
VIVIAN
(wide-eyed)
What the f-
CHRIS
Get down!
Chris pitches his arm round - and a wall of shimmering
green ENERGY blasts towards the incoming creatures!
As they SLAM into it, repelled like they were hitting a
brick wall, the team get a moment to take a closer look:
Like the tragic results of cross-breeding cross-breeds, the
mutants are a hideous mish-mash of body parts given form.
Some are more animal, some more human, all of them frothing
with rage and pushing against Chris' energy wall with every
limb, tentacle and claw they can muster!
Twist grimaces in disgust at the morass of slavering,
malformed beasts pressed up against the magical barrier.
TWIST
I think... I think everything I
ate in the last twenty years is
about to come up...
She backs away, hand to her mouth. Danyael looks to Chris -
straining with effort, trying to keep the barrier up.
DANYAEL
(to Edgar)
Is there another way out of here?
No response. Danyael marches up to Edgar, hauling the
petrified technician to his feet.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
Hey! Is there another way out of
here?
TECHNICIAN
At the back... sliding panel...
maintenance access...
Danyael releases him, racing to the back wall. Vivian joins
him as he starts feeling around for the panel.
VIVIAN
What are you looking for?
DANYAEL
He said there was some kind of
secret panel back here, but I
can't find anything...
LYRA (O.S.)
Let me try.
Danyael turns - then YANKS Vivian out of the way as Lyra
lets loose a SCREAM!
A section of the wall BLOWS OPEN, punching through to the
corridor beyond.
And a moment later, the panel covering the maintenance exit
also falls away, flopping to the floor with a THUMP.
VIVIAN
(yells back)
Chris! We've got an exit!
Chris backs up, the wall of energy retreating with him -
and the mutants on the other side still HAMMERING and
YOWLING as they try to break through.
TWIST
(swallows; grimaces)
Okay, nearly sick. Again.
CHRIS
For the love of God, Twist - run!
She hurries off, pausing to scoop up Edgar and drag him
after her as she dives through the new exit.
Chris is the last, backing up through the lab and bringing
the barrier back along with him.
He's at the hole in the wall when he looks around, raising
his other hand towards several tall stacks of equipment.
They RATTLE, SCRAPING along the floor - then start to
COLLAPSE, falling straight for him!
In one fluid movement, Chris drops the barrier and DIVES
through the exit:
Just as the machinery CRASHES down over the hole, sealing
it off!
DANYAEL
Woah... dude! Nice move.
The blockade JOLTS as the sea of monsters on the other side
hits it, scrabbling and clawing to get through.
CHRIS
That won't hold them for long.
Let's keep moving.
The team hurry off down the corridor, Vivian with the
terminal leading the way as we DISSOLVE TO:
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